Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks
- M. MacNeil, D. Chapman, J. Cinner
- Environmental ScienceNature
- 22 July 2020
The results reveal the profound impact that fishing has had on reef shark populations: no sharks on almost 20% of the surveyed reefs, and shark depletion was strongly related to socio-economic conditions such as the size and proximity of the nearest market, poor governance and the density of the human population.
Rules of attraction: enticing pelagic fish to mid-water remote underwater video systems (RUVS)
Mid-water baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) are becoming an increasingly popular tool for examining pelagic fish assemblages in a non-destructive, fisheries independent manner. As the…
Changes in Fish Assemblages following the Establishment of a Network of No-Take Marine Reserves and Partially-Protected Areas
- B. Kelaher, M. Coleman, A. Broad, M. Rees, A. Jordan, A. Davis
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 15 January 2014
Conservation benefits to fish assemblages from a newly established network of temperate marine reserves are demonstrated and ecological monitoring can contribute to adaptive management of newly established marine reserve networks, but the extent of this contribution is limited by the rate of change in marine communities in response to protection.
Abiotic surrogates for temperate rocky reef biodiversity: implications for marine protected areas
- M. Rees, A. Jordan, O. Price, M. Coleman, A. Davis
- Environmental Science
- 1 March 2014
To examine the potential of remotely sensed abiotic measures as surrogates for the abundance, diversity and community composition of temperate rocky reef fishes and sessile invertebrates.
Protection from illegal fishing and shark recovery restructures mesopredatory fish communities on a coral reef
- C. Speed, M. Rees, K. Cure, B. Vaughan, M. Meekan
- Environmental ScienceEcology and Evolution
- 20 August 2019
It is suggested that the large decline of small mesopredatory fish in reef habitat was mostly due to higher predation pressure following the increase in sharks and large mesopedatory fishes.
Seagrass canopies and the performance of acoustic telemetry: implications for the interpretation of fish movements
- Daniel S. Swadling, N. Knott, A. Davis
- Environmental ScienceAnimal Biotelemetry
- 1 March 2020
Background Acoustic telemetry has been used with great success to quantify the movements of marine fishes in open habitats, however research has begun to focus on patterns of movement and habitat…
Increased connectivity and depth improve the effectiveness of marine reserves
It is shown that marine reserves that are highly protected (no-take) and designed to optimize connectivity, size and depth range can provide an effective conservation strategy for fished species in temperate and tropical waters within an overarching marine biodiversity conservation framework.
Effects and effectiveness of lethal shark hazard management: The Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program , NSW, Australia
- Leah Gibbs, L. Fetterplace, M. Rees, Quentin Hanich
- Environmental SciencePeople and Nature
- 2 December 2019
1. ‘Shark attack’ presents a considerable social-environmental challenge. Each year a small number of people are injured or killed by shark bite. Concurrently, sharks and other marine life are…
A coherent, representative, and bioregional marine reserve network shows consistent change in rocky reef fish assemblages
- N. Knott, J. Williams, A. Jordan
- Environmental ScienceEcosphere
- 1 April 2021
. Worldwide, several countries have established coherent, representative, and large-scale networks of marine reserves to conserve biodiversity. Very few have, however, published systematic…
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